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Jordan Palmer, little-bro to Cincinnati Bengals QB Carson, was all but ready to join the Arena football league. Then he got an offer he couldn't refuse. Come to Cinci, to try and earn a spot as Carson's backup. As reported on the Bengals' official site, Jordan, a sixth-round pick of the Redskins last season, didn't take long to come up with an answer.
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Sedrick Ellis sacks Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn - Image from www.USCfighton.com
Brady Quinn has nowhere to go but up. That's really the only place you can go when you start where Quinn has: at the bottom of the barrel. David Kendrick of the San Antonio Express News recently ranked his Top 30 quarterbacks for the upcoming NFL season. Guess who's right behind Peyton Manning at the top? No other than former USC star Carson Palmer. Now guess who's dead last at number 30? Yes, Charlie Weis protege, Brady Quinn.
But lets not be too hard on him. Quinn's a victim of the Notre Dame system that owns the NCAA record for most consecutive bowl losses, nine to be exact, by an average of loss 17 points a game. And to be fair, only four of those consecutive bowl losses belong to Quinn. And yes, the kid had great stats during his regular season with the Irish. That is except for losing every single game he played against USC. But whatever...let sleeping dogs lay. I mean Brady Quinn's got great results in everything else BUT the big games. And that's all you can ask for, right?
That is unless...I don't know, maybe you want to win a Super Bowl or something.
Persons of Interest on the Top 30 list:
2. Carson Palmer, Bengals 4,035 yards, 28 TDs If he passed for 28 TDs after having off season knee surgery, just imagine what he'll do in 2007.10. Matt Leinart, Cardinals 2,547 yards, 11 TDs Gained experience as a rookie. Now, it's time to make use of Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin.
16. Vince Young, Titans 2,199 yards, 12 TDs Young can still run (552 yards, 7 TDs in 2006), but the team doesn't have many proven receivers around him.
30. Brady Quinn, Browns ------Expect Quinn to beat out Charlie Frye, but he'll likely struggle in his rookie season.
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Images from Boston.com and AZPigskin.com
Carson Palmer has bounced back from his knee injury like a man on a mission. Matt Leinart's quickly climbing the quarterback ranks. It's a countdown to week 11 of the NFL regular season, when the two former USC quarterbacks duke it out in Cincinnati. Yes, the Arizona Cardinals meet the Cincinnati Bengals on November 18th...The former backup will meet his mentor. But will the teacher become the teach-ed?
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Lane Kiffin is now the youngest head coach in the NFL at 31. Something that we're sure to hear plenty about, once the "first black coach Super Bowl" talk dies down around August. We're stoked for Lane, and hope he excels at his new position. And while we're sure many doubters will bet against him, it just might work.
After all, the last time a young coach took over the Raiders, he got a franchise with some pieces that hadn't been meshing to come together, before passing it off to Bill Callahan and beating their ass in Super Bowl XXXVII with the Bucs. And this current Raiders team has a defense -- if Lane can pull together an offense (without poaching the USC staff, naturally), they could be a 9-7 team this time next year. Might not be good enough in the AFC, but they're young, he's young, give them a couple years. Go Lane Go.
But -- you tell me if you would want this guy as your boss.
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